Chapter 194 - 136: Everyone Has Their Secrets, Leaving a Way Out

Chapter 194: Chapter 136: Everyone Has Their Secrets, Leaving a Way Out

"Still better than your character, Fellow Daoist. We treated you as a friend, but you turned around and sold us out. It harms others without even benefiting yourself," Chen Jianghe retorted.

His gaze toward Jiang Ruxu was purely that of an elder looking at a junior, devoid of any improper thoughts. However, regarding Ji Wujin, he was prepared to test the waters.

"Fellow Daoist Ruan has already used his Foundation Establishment Pill. Even though you haven’t used yours, you’ve been holing up in the Marketplace all this time. What are you afraid of?

"As for Alchemist Zhuang, I was just helping him promote so that more fellow Daoists would patronize his business. He should be thanking me!"

Ji Wujin seemed oblivious to the concept of concealment, or perhaps he simply didn’t take Chen Jianghe seriously at all. Unafraid of offending anyone, he bluntly admitted that he was the one who had leaked the news about the crowdfunded refining of the Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Just why did you do it? What good does this do for you? You have to know that you still hold a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill..." Chen Jianghe paused before he could finish his sentence. Little Black’s voice rang out on his Spirit Platform.

"Master, where are you? Leave quickly, there’s danger."

"Of course there’s a benefit! Going out for a trip yields quite a lot of Spirit Stones. Do you want to come with me? This way, we can get even more... Hey, don’t leave! Let’s negotiate. A thirty-seventy split, or forty-sixty works too," Ji Wujin called out.

Watching Chen Jianghe’s rapidly departing figure, he muttered, "Coward. All you know is to hole up in the Marketplace. So boring. I was going to take you to strike it rich, but forget it.

"I didn’t expect there to be such a path to wealth outside the Marketplace. So nice, hehe~"

Ji Wujin shrugged and walked into Fushou Lane, heading toward his home.

On Qing Street, Chen Jianghe walked faster and faster. He soon returned to Qingping Lane, but he still felt gazes landing on him. This prompted him to immediately enter his courtyard and activate the Defense Array.

There was more than one gaze fixed on him. Chen Jianghe knew the reason behind these stares; it was definitely because of the Low-Quality Foundation Establishment Pill on him. But what was the danger Little Black had mentioned?

Releasing Little Black, Chen Jianghe hurriedly asked, "What did you mean just now? What danger?"

"My physical body instinctively sensed a very heavy aura of slaughter and a powerful oppressive might. It’s even stronger than that Mother Two-Legged Beast you hang out with."

Chen Jianghe took a deep breath of cold air. He knew exactly who the Mother Two-Legged Beast Little Black was talking about.

"Ji Wujin either has a Tier Two Puppet or a Tier Two Spirit Beast on him. He’s using himself as bait!"

Chen Jianghe could now be certain why Ji Wujin had exposed the news of the Foundation Establishment Pills. This guy was acting as bait to fish out those Tribulation Cultivators who wanted to rob him, as well as any Cultivators with crooked intentions. The bloodstains on his body suggested he had just returned from outside the Marketplace. He might have even acquired a handsome sum of Spirit Stones.

"This madman, isn’t he afraid of capsizing in a shallow ditch?"

Even if he successfully reached Foundation Establishment, Chen Jianghe wouldn’t dare bait people like this. If you walk by the river often enough, your shoes will eventually get wet. One careless mistake, and he would be doomed for eternity.

"Little Black, can you distinguish whether that powerful oppressive might belongs to a Spirit Beast or a Puppet?" Chen Jianghe asked. He had long known about Little Black’s keen Spiritual Sense.

"What is a Puppet?" Little Black first asked in confusion.

"Uh... how should I explain it? Just tell me, did that powerful oppressive might belong to a Spirit Beast?"

"Yes, but not entirely. There was another oppressive might, but I haven’t encountered it before, so I don’t know what it is."

"..." Chen Jianghe’s expression faltered slightly, his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

Little Black’s implication was that Ji Wujin had more than just a Tier Two Spirit Beast on him; he might have something else as well. That had to be a Puppet. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible to carry it around on his person.

A Tier Two Spirit Beast and a Tier Two Puppet. At this moment, Ji Wujin’s identity became increasingly difficult for him to guess.

Tier Two Puppets basically all originated from the Puppet Immortal Race Lu Family, as Tier Two Puppet Masters were extremely rare. There were almost none among Loose Cultivators. Furthermore, the Lu Family would never sell Tier Two Puppets, as they possessed combat power equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

As for a Tier Two Spirit Beast? How could a Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Cultivator possibly have a Tier Two Spirit Beast on him?

One had to know that for a Spirit Beast to break through to Tier Two, there were bloodline restrictions. The most common Spirit Beasts on the market generally had either a Second-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline or a Second-Grade High-Class Bloodline.

Those with a Second-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline could never become Tier Two Demon Beasts. Those with a Second-Grade High-Class Bloodline required a Tier Two Spirit Core of the same attribute to even have a thirty percent chance of becoming a Tier Two Spirit Beast. Just like the Yun Family Ancestor’s Spirit Pet, the Long-Armed Ape. It was only by devouring a Tier Two Spirit Core of the same attribute during its breakthrough that it luckily became a Tier Two Spirit Beast.

Third-Grade Bloodline Spiritual Beasts basically only appeared at auctions. But even a Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline Spirit Beast wasn’t guaranteed to become a Tier Two Spirit Beast. Even with a Spirit Core of the same attribute, it only had a seventy percent chance of breaking through successfully.

Of course, a Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline Spirit Beast had a ninety percent chance of breaking through successfully. As long as it didn’t die prematurely, it was practically guaranteed to become a Tier Two Spirit Beast. Not only that, but it even had hope of becoming a Tier Three Spirit Beast. This was because Master Qinghe’s Spirit Pet—the current greatest backer of the Qinghe Marketplace, that Tier Three Spirit Beast—also had a Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline.

"If the Spirit Beast in Ji Wujin’s hands has a Third-Grade High-Class Bloodline, then it’s possible he poured all his resources into nurturing it into a Tier Two Spirit Beast.

"If it has a Third-Grade Lower-Class Bloodline or lower, then it must have been nurtured by a family, meaning Ji Wujin is a family descendant out to gain experience."